surt's Avatar

surt

@surt

surt not_surt human-like object Pixel Joint: https://pixeljoint.com/p/2254.htm OpenGameArt: https://opengameart.org/users/surt GitHub: https://github.com/not-surt

831
Followers
1,722
Following
1,869
Posts
18.08.2023
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by surt @surt

oh no worries, Australia is so concerned about civilian casualties we're going to send RAAF aircraft to protect them.

Wait, I'm being handed a note.

10.03.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Disappointed I was the only MP to vote against 2nd reading of Govt-Oppn bill that will give the Minister power to stop entire classes of temp visa holders arriving in Aus. A discriminatory policy letting the Govt decide which imperilled ppl are worth saving. #auspol #politas

10.03.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

brb, sending hundreds of millions of dollars of ADF assets to the middle east so the guys who have slaves don't feel the consequences of their own alliances.

10.03.2026 02:16 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, that's the last time I come to bluesky for advice on how to make a dick panini.

10.03.2026 03:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mina Craft

10.03.2026 03:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Read the original documents that have been declassified here:

nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEB...

10.03.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Trying to read this is causing my blood pressure to spike.

10.03.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image

they share a common ancestor

09.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of four different jobs from the NY Mag feature about what people make in NYC:
"Home Health Aide
$23,000
I've been a home health aide for ten years. My main patient last year was in Brooklyn. I spent most of my time taking care of her. I worked two days a week, and I was being paid for 13 hours of work each day - my agency, Loyal Home Care, budgets eight hours of sleep and three hours for mealtimes into our wages. But I was basically working 24 hours a day. She was active, and I was worried she would fall, so I would watch her all day and night. This is a pretty common experience for health aides. The agency can deny our overtime, but you can't deny a patient. When they say, "Oh, I need a drink of water; I need to use the bathroom," how could you possibly say "no" to them?
Bronx Day-Care Worker
$31,000
$16,600 from day-care profits
$14,400 from trainings and consulting
Last year, I lost a lot of kids. I live in the Bronx, and a bunch of families in my neighborhood lost their child-care vouchers. We're talking about people who make as much as I do; most of the moms I work with are home health aides. They can't afford full-time child care. If I have 16 kids, I can pay myself for 40 hours of work. But last year, I didn't, and obviously I'm still doing the same amount of work. I've been running the day care out of my home for more than seven years. It's a profession I entered out of necessity and have stayed in out of passion. I pay for everything - food, cleaning supplies, toys - and we have to meet the same requirements as a large company in terms of paying for liability insurance, which can feel pointless in this industry. I mean, if something happens to one of my children, I lose my license. End of story."

Screenshot of four different jobs from the NY Mag feature about what people make in NYC: "Home Health Aide $23,000 I've been a home health aide for ten years. My main patient last year was in Brooklyn. I spent most of my time taking care of her. I worked two days a week, and I was being paid for 13 hours of work each day - my agency, Loyal Home Care, budgets eight hours of sleep and three hours for mealtimes into our wages. But I was basically working 24 hours a day. She was active, and I was worried she would fall, so I would watch her all day and night. This is a pretty common experience for health aides. The agency can deny our overtime, but you can't deny a patient. When they say, "Oh, I need a drink of water; I need to use the bathroom," how could you possibly say "no" to them? Bronx Day-Care Worker $31,000 $16,600 from day-care profits $14,400 from trainings and consulting Last year, I lost a lot of kids. I live in the Bronx, and a bunch of families in my neighborhood lost their child-care vouchers. We're talking about people who make as much as I do; most of the moms I work with are home health aides. They can't afford full-time child care. If I have 16 kids, I can pay myself for 40 hours of work. But last year, I didn't, and obviously I'm still doing the same amount of work. I've been running the day care out of my home for more than seven years. It's a profession I entered out of necessity and have stayed in out of passion. I pay for everything - food, cleaning supplies, toys - and we have to meet the same requirements as a large company in terms of paying for liability insurance, which can feel pointless in this industry. I mean, if something happens to one of my children, I lose my license. End of story."

It's all so clear

09.03.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 1040 πŸ” 272 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 62

Worth remembering that the US backed pedophile warlords to run Afghanistan during its regime change efforts there, to the point the Taliban of all groups were able to position themselves as the good guys for going after the sexual abuse that the US fully backed.

And we wonder why they hate the US.

09.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Remembering the time a Labor hack said that the rise in petrol prices due to the horrific bombing of Iran is actually good for the environment

09.03.2026 09:25 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

ELIZA's creator was so alarmed by the fact that people mistook the chatbot for a sentient being that he wrote an entire book about why this implementation of computer technology was a huge problem and it is a staggering achievement

09.03.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 185 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe only national interest served by deploying Australian troops to the Gulf is America’s, nothing could be plainer, regardless of the smoke and mirrors from Labor.” πŸ’₯🎯

Note Penny Wong's passive tense language: "we have been asked to provide assistance".

But by who?
Two letters: U and S. #auspol

09.03.2026 09:32 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Preview
Lebanese Australians worry families will be killed amid Israeli strikes The Lebanese government says more than 500,000 people have been displaced since the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for villages in the country's south.

Lebanese Australians cop it from everywhere and it sucks!! I still remember my friend Alissar explaining why she flinched at the sound of planes overhead
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

09.03.2026 05:26 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Photograph of a mature male Satin Bowerbird holding a shriveled dead leaf. The bird is black satin with a blue sheen and bright violet eyes. The leaf is shriveled and dead.

Photograph of a mature male Satin Bowerbird holding a shriveled dead leaf. The bird is black satin with a blue sheen and bright violet eyes. The leaf is shriveled and dead.

Satin Bowerbird with a leaf.
#birds

08.03.2026 03:50 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Photo of a very large mosquito in brown and cream with striking gold bands on its abdomen, and gold and blue on its legs and proboscis.

Photo of a very large mosquito in brown and cream with striking gold bands on its abdomen, and gold and blue on its legs and proboscis.

Australian Elephant Mosquito (Toxorhynchites speciosus).
A most welcome sight in my garden. The adults don't drink blood at all (they prefer nectar and sap), while the larvae consume other types of mosquitoes!
#insects #invertebrates

09.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 149 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2

this is a fucking wild week to be demanding australians show empathy for israel

09.03.2026 07:14 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I would have a gender, but who can find the time?

09.03.2026 08:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Elizabeth Sampat
@twoscooters
Follow

I don't wish we could abolish gender, I just wish it were less an identity and more of a hobby. So you'd get people who are like "Oh yeah, l'm a woman when I have the time," or "I'm a man but I'm not very good at it yet" along with the CrossFit gender types who are SUPER INTO IT

Elizabeth Sampat @twoscooters Follow I don't wish we could abolish gender, I just wish it were less an identity and more of a hobby. So you'd get people who are like "Oh yeah, l'm a woman when I have the time," or "I'm a man but I'm not very good at it yet" along with the CrossFit gender types who are SUPER INTO IT

A friend just saw this in the wild and you know what? I stand by it

08.03.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 1136 πŸ” 283 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 18
Post image

They've gone and shrinkflationed a dozen ..

08.03.2026 07:55 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 9

It can really give a man a hunger.

09.03.2026 06:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
MAGA WAS IN TEARS BECAUSE PEOPLE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY WERE MEAN TO HER!
MAGA WAS IN TEARS BECAUSE PEOPLE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY WERE MEAN TO HER! YouTube video by CoachD_Speaks

It takes a while, but this guy did as bit a research...
youtu.be/IQGTXMXc_s0?...

09.03.2026 00:46 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Preview
Syria's Kurds caution Iran's Kurds against aligning with US against Tehran Kurdish residents of northeast ​Syria warned Iran's Kurds against aligning with the U.S. to fight the Iranian government, citing their own experience in Syria in recent β€Œmonths as evidence their Irani...

Syria’s Kurds are warning their Iranian counterparts not to align with the US, saying Washington will eventually betray them and citing their own experience in the last few months as proof.

08.03.2026 23:56 πŸ‘ 558 πŸ” 189 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 16
Video thumbnail

I am shocked to learn this is actually underestimating costs, because it ignores the infrastructure costs.

This video is lowballing it.

09.03.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 4888 πŸ” 2111 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 42

wishing for foreign intervention in our fascist imperialist country is just that, wishful. It would be impractical, near impossible, and it's relying on others' labor and very lives.

Revolution first has to come from within

08.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Video thumbnail

Drains across the Iranian capital Tehran are continuing to explode after earlier Israeli and US strikes on oil depots and infrastructure.

Medical experts are warning the toxic smoke and runoff has increased the risk of deadly illnesses, including cancer.

09.03.2026 05:05 πŸ‘ 823 πŸ” 563 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 65
Video thumbnail

Canadian women 🀝 Australian women #auspol #cdnpoli

07.03.2026 08:48 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
Post image

Is this good

09.03.2026 03:08 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 3
Preview
Israeli president says 'mind boggles' at doubts over legality of Iran war Isaac Herzog says Israel is acting out of "self-defence" on behalf of Israel, the wider region and Europe.

'I love the smell of Social Cohesionβ„’ in the morning.'

www.bbc.com/news/article...

09.03.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One thing consistently left out of every single American war movie is how much their pedophile leaders love bombing primary schools

08.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 251 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 1